Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/

Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript in order to use Google Search, possibly in an effort to block certain SEO tools.

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DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The decline continues.

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Mikina@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

the quality of search results tends to be degraded [without JavaScript].

Lol, how? That’s such bullshit.

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- AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Seriously, that’s such an absurd statement. It implies that the client-side affects the actual results.
  
  I think their system just makes more money with sponsored gimmicks they might be enhancing.
  
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turtlepower@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Google can eat shit.

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Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you set your user agent to Lynx it won’t need JavaScript

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- 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Which proves, without a doubt, that the engine doesn’t need js to load results.
  
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- SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  DOS wins again!
  
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AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Talk about a step in the wrong direction!

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AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I wish I didn’t ever need google but unfortunately sucksuckgo has been getting worse and worse.

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bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So until now Googlers sent a full web form to the backend and replaced the page contents with HTML returned by the server?

Like cavemen…

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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Wait, they didn’t before?

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- Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  No, you could submit a request and just parse the HTML. This allowed people to write search proxies and then filter the results. Not as good as an actual API but it worked.
  
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